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RE: Return trip - what's NEXT after Vinales and Trinidad?

by bobmichaels 27 May 2012

rachbubs0: you have 3 excellent replies. I really am in agreement with the common theme that you really have not totally discovered anything…
RE: Return trip - what's NEXT after Vinales and Trinidad?

by Altahabana 27 May 2012

If you went to both Vinales and Trinidad on your first one week trip you didn't spend enough time in Havana. Given your expressed preferen…
RE: Return trip - what's NEXT after Vinales and Trinidad?

by ttjpdo 27 May 2012

Here are three possibilities: 1. As suggested by Poster #1, visit the same three cities you visited before but, as you only spent one…
RE: Home water filtration systems

by poshmcdoo 27 May 2012

For several years I used the Brita filter system in Gerona for me and the family I lived with. The replacement filters are fairly cheap…
Return trip - what's NEXT after Vinales and Trinidad?

by rachbubs0 27 May 2012

Hi everyone In 2006 I went to Cuba for a week by myself, visiting Havana, Vinales and Trinidad. Had an incredible time, not least because…
RE: Restaurant gift certificates, Havana

by wannakiki 27 May 2012

hi Conner, thanks for the info. Sorry for the confusion. Side-by-side massage was along the lines of what I was looking for. I will…
Home water filtration systems

by peloblanco 27 May 2012

My girls first chore each morning is boiling up what will become that day's drinking supply. There used to be some interesting four-stage…
Re: Advice for US folks to Cuba with no affiliations, just travel

by grizzlygul 26 May 2012

Everyone! Thanks for all your help! Just one question. When I fly back into the us and go through customs from, say, Cancun, and the…
RE: The infamous cable from Venezuela ?

by BeardoUK 26 May 2012

P - firstly it is only - what - 15 years since bombs were being planted in Havana. And the recent suspicious fire at a Miami travel agent…
RE: Shill Alert !!!! jejeje

by greslogo 26 May 2012

Her house, it will be just us. We'll send her sister off to her mother's....lol At her mother's...well.... it will be just us, one sister…
RE: Shill Alert !!!! jejeje

by greslogo 26 May 2012

I've done the "living like a Cuban" and sometimes better to the point that I do not find continuing to do so any longer has any redeeming…
RE: Place to visit for the last two days

by peloblanco 25 May 2012

Your welcome, svgaby. Whatever option you choose just don't rush through it. Cuba requires a languid pace to appreciate it. BTW, I…
Re: american first travel to cuba

by ttjpdo 25 May 2012

Interesting report and lucky you are to have got to spend so much time hanging out with Cubans who were not associated with the tourist…
RE: Internet for the Cubans people

by dontomas 25 May 2012

Let me throw in my personal experiences of as far back as I can remember using internet in Cuba in 8-10 Havana hotels. And since I don't…
RE: The infamous cable from Venezuela ?

by dontomas 25 May 2012

I don't get why people think it's so weird that Cuba is not a full-blown fastspeed internet paradise yet because that cable is on the…
THANK YOU ALL--Postcards/mail to Cuba?

by Singhstar 25 May 2012

I want to offer a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone on this forum--I just returned from my week in Havana and it was awesome! Luckily I met…
RE: Cuban travel and land line phones and Internet

by Jorgeguide58 25 May 2012

Not all neighborhoods enjoy fixed phones. But during the last ten years hundreds and hundreds of new phones have been installed. There…
RE: Place to visit for the last two days

by BeardoUK 25 May 2012

Really, my advice is to leave it open until you have spent your few days in Havana. By then you will have a better idea whether you desperat…
RE: Cuban travel and land line phones and Internet

by greslogo 25 May 2012

220V we have. You mean switch for one on Cfgos ? I think not :-) If I just didn't go into debt buying a condo, I would have considered…
Re: New Hints at Looser Rules on Travel Stir Hope in Cuba

by Rick01 25 May 2012

*They call that, Venezuela :-)* Greslogo, my amigos call Venezuela a stepping stone to the outside world. I have 2 amigas that gradu…
Re: Cuban travel and land line phones and Internet

by Rick01 25 May 2012

*And my wife's house in Havana can't get a phone* Greslogo, want to switch houses? The phone line and 220 lines for the A/C go with…
RE: Place to visit for the last two days

by svgaby 25 May 2012

You guys are just amazing! I've never been to Cuba but I already feel I will love it! I am indeed staying in Havana first and then in…
RE: cheapest conncting flights to cuba?

by BeardoUK 25 May 2012

Pelo - the two flights are with the SAME airline - and often are actually the same plane. Cayman Airways expect many of their passengers…
RE: Place to visit for the last two days

by BeardoUK 25 May 2012

I would drop Varadero and split the time between Havana and Viñales. But it comes down to what do you want - amazing scenery that you…
RE: Cuban travel and land line phones and Internet

by johnabbotsford 25 May 2012

Yes F - re internet I posted a day or so ago the reg that Rickie has re-posted here If yiu scroll down you will also see a link to a…